Merrill, Thomas W., Rev., secretary col-
lege Kalamazoo, 528, 530.
Merrimac, 456 see Kalamazoo.
Messer, Bradley, gift to society, 23.
Metean, Indian Peace chief, 488.
Methods of securing information for local
history, Dwight Goss, paper, 56-59.
Methodist, circuit rider, route, 688; in
Howell, 182.

Meyers, É. E., col., architect state capitol,
54.

Miami river, 633 see Maumee.
Miamis river, 456; see St. Joseph.
Michigan, admitted as territory, 445;
birthplace Republican party, 277; boun-
daries, 443, 444, 470, 632, 686; capitol
economically constructed,706; comparison
appropriation historical work, 152; con-
dition 35, 93-95; 498, 499, 539-579;
divided into four districts, 631; draw-
backs to its settlements, 545; early beet
sugar culture in, 129, 130; early rivers in,
629, 630; extent, 163, 164, 447, 625; first
Bessemer steel manufactory, 587; first
state to organize against slavery, 274;
first white man on Lake, 440; flags at
parade Kalamazoo G. A. R., disposition
of, 692; had first supt. pub. ins., 617;
history needed on subjects given, 150-
152; historical work comparison of, 21,
22, 42; lands price 544; sales of, 459, 460;
largest tonnage, 1836, 595; legal question
over statehood, 128, 129, 167; maps of
Michigan, see maps; municipal owner-
ship railroads, 100, 101, 147, 497, 501;
name for lake established, 443; nativity
noted men, 573, 574; navigation im-
proved, 593; newspapers Sentinel Mon-
roe, 576; Whig Adrian, 483; origin of
name, 440-443; paid by discounted war-
rants, 103, 104; parties, 151; population,
451, 459, 593; pride in, 622; recognized
as territory, 445; school system copied,
613; second steamboat in, 554; slavery
questions in, 127, 128; sold historic
chairs to Masons, 2, 322; sold newspaper
files, 58; statue at Washington, 27-29;
subject to Bishop of Quebec, 132, 510;
trip to 1836, 92, 93; under no govern-
ment, 131, 132; villages in 1810, 540;
waterline, 164.

Michigan Board of State Auditors, thanks
voted to, 48, 49.

Michigan Board of Corrections and Chari-
ties, gift to museum, 24..
Michigan Cavalry, second, Col. Sherman,
277.

Michigan colleges, agricultural, 3, 6, 224,
710; branches of U. M., 527; college
afterwards Marshall, 237; early colleges
in, 545; Huron Institute history, 527;
seminary Kalamazoo history, 533-534;
university opened to women, 172.
Michigan Industrial School for Boys, form-
erly Reform School, 679, 680; music by,
1, 17, 19, 43, 44, 46.

Michigan lake, location, 629; name, 440-
443.
Michigan papers, address on U. of M. by
Pres. Hutchins, 46, 47; boundaries by
G. H. Cannon, 163-168; counties history
and names, 4, 439-478; Dutch pioneers,
204-212; Early Emigration paper cited,
12; early life in, 672-677; History in
Schools, 618-623; history of Southern
railroads, 498-501; Loss, address by J.
Greusel, 44-46; Michigan and Huron In-
stitute history, 527-533; public school
system founded by Crary & Pierce, 221-
230; share in improved transporation
east and west, 589-609; Southern set-
tlement of, 539-579.

Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society,
appropriation for, vetoed by Gov. Os-
born, 42, 51; books of, commended, 6,
50, 59, 623; contents, 20; distribution
of, 6, 7, 20; death of members, 8, 22;
gifts to museum, 6, 53, 54, 76, 114, 212,
322-324; needs of, papers, 37, 579, 580;
new members, 7, 52; museum condition,
51, 580; described, 44, 45; gifts and loans,
23, 24, 53, 54, 112; paid Mrs. Babbitt for
collections, 25; value to state, 44-46;
officers elected, 4, 18, 48; organization of,
6, 7, 30, 556; reports meetings, 1-55; re-
port of secretary, 6-11, 21-24, 43, 50-54;
resolution regarding books and society,
48; tribute to by Gov. Warner, 731;
value to the state, 44-46; work com-
mended, 6, 7, 35, 42, 46, 204; work of
outlined, 20, 21.

Michigan railroads, see Railroads.
Michigan School for Blind, music by, 47;
gave flowers, 6.

Michigan School for Deaf and Dumb,
recitation by, 12.

Michigan Soldiers' Home Grand Rapids,
66, 67.

Michigan Surveyors and Engineers Asso-
ciation, discussed invention Burt's com-
pass, 117.

Michilimackinac, 85 see Mackinaw.
Michilimackinac county, see Chippewa.
Michilimackinac Island, 448 see Mackinac.
Midas, Indian priests, 285.

Middleville, (Dibbleville Thornapple) loca-
tion, 654, 655.

Midland county, organized and named, 456,
458.

Midwinter meeting, report, Flint, 12-16;
Kalamazoo, 29, 41, 50.

Mikenauk, (Turtle) Ottawa chief, 469.
Mikenauk, former name Roscommon
county, 469.

Miles, Maria, Mrs., (Miss Carey) presented
mother's umbrella to museum, 24, 170,
171.

Miles, T. L. P., Mr. and Mrs., gift and loan
to museum, 9, 10.

Milham, Frank H., mayor Kalamazoo, 730.
Military department, gift to museum, 53;

wildcat money, 161.

Mt. Clemens, (New Gnadenhutten) Mora-
vians settlement, 446; described, 564,
565; founded by Clemens, 342.
Mower, George and Mrs., (Lottie) gifts to
museum, 9.

Mrak, Ignatius, Bishop Marquette, 512.
Mud Creek, called Nagwahtick creek, 665.
Muckatawagoosh, (Black Fox) Indian chief,
670.

Muckwa Lake, 648 see Walloon.

Mull Isle, described, 79, 80; emigration
from, 79.

Mullett, (son) evidence in compass case,

117.

Mullett, John, contested Burt's invention
compass, 117.

Munday, Ezra I., pioneer Howell, 188.
Munger, Edith G., Mrs., member society, 7.
Munger, Tillotson, early teacher, 648.
Municipal Michigan ownership of railroads,

100, 147, 497, 501; history on needed,
151.

Munroe girls, four sisters at meeting, 43.
Munson, Three Rivers pioneer, 433.

Munson, Ferdinand W., pioneer Howell,
181, 193.

Murder, proof of, 201; rare among Indians,
318.

Murderer, traced by Indian chief, 63.
Murphy, Timothy J., Rev., Father, mem-
ber society, 7.

Murray, James, capt. gen. gov. Quebec, 134.
Murray, William, 128 see Lord Mansfield.
Mus-co-desh, (Prairie) Indian tribe, ex-
tinction by Ottawas, 319.

Muski so wan-que-sake, 661 see Thorn-
apple lake.

Museum, British records, 131.

Museum, see Mich. Pion, & His. Soc.
Museums, value of, 44-46.

Muskegon city, called Sawdust City, 682;
size, 103.

Muskegon county, meaning name, 473.
Muskegon river, names and meaning of,
473.

Music, celebrated peace news, 336; modern
style, 696.

Musicians, in Cadillac's time, 333.
Musson, Elijah, pioneer Howell, 194.
Myers, Albert C., exhibit cited, 26.
Mysteries of Baldoon, 81.

Nagwahtick, 665 see Mud Creek.

Names, Indian, 64; Michigan counties,
paper by W. L. Jenks, 4, 18, 439-478;
proposed for division of Mich, into states,

440.

Nantounagon, 471 see Ontanagon.
National affairs, Marshall's part in, 244-
256.

National hotel, location, 99, 494.
National Museum, report exchange, 54.
National road, formerly Cumberland, 147.
Nativity, noted Michigan men, 573, 574.
Navarre de, Robert, Royal Notary, 333.
Nazareth Academy, Kalamazoo, enter-

tained M. P. and His. Soc., 36, 37, 50;
vote of thanks to, 41.

Neely, John R., Howell pioneer Mason, 178.
Neenizu, meaning of name, 466.
Negonce, (bright) Indian girl, 62.
Negonce, Lowell hotel, 62.

Negroes, number in Detroit, 557.
Negwegon, 461 see Alcona.

Nelson, Theodore, Rev., death reported,
533.

Ne-Magin-a-Swot, Indian, 488.
Neuer,, Quaker family, 481.
Newaygo, Chippewa chief, meaning of
name, 468.

Newaygo county, origin of name, 468.
New England, part in Mich. settlement,
578; share in Mich. population, 573.
Newequa Geezig, 670 see Noonday.
New Gnadenhutten, changed to Mt. Cle-
mens, 446.

Newlighter, name for Van Raalte, 205.
Newman, William, pioneer Howell, 194.
New Orleans, first steamboat 1810 on Mis-
sissippi, 144.

Newspaper, Adrian 1840, 483; aided settle-
ment, 576; articles on pioneers presented
society, 23; Detroit papers aids to settle-
ments, 576; early in Detroit, 554; early
in Kalamazoo cited, 34; first in Hastings,
650; given society by editors, 54; in
Benzie county, 300; Niles Mirror files
destroyed, 58; old source of history, 56;
pioneer Howell, 180; presented society
by Dr. Von Rosenberg, 9; state sent to
Kansas Historical society, 58; Sentinel
Monroe, aided settlements, 576; Three
Rivers, 426; vote of thanks to, 41.
News, how promulgated, 333.

New York, part in Michigan settlement,
577.

Niagara Falls, beauty of, 81.

Nicols, -, express manager, 284.

Nichols, Samuel S., Mrs., (Miss Atlee) 280.
Nicholson, A. O. P., letters to Gen. Cass
cited, 261, 269.

Nicollet, Jean, first white man on Lake
Michigan, 440.

Nigger Town, runaway slave settlement in
Marshall, 257.

Niles Mirror, Michigan, files destroyed, 58.
Noble, Diodatus, nativity, 573.

Noble, Harvey, had only horses in town-
ship, 290.

Noble, I. A., Dr., supt. Kalamazoo Asylum,
730.

Noble, Sary Ann, Mrs., (Harvey) 290.
Nominating committee of society, 3, 4, 18,

48.

Noonday, (Ne wequa Geezig) Ottawa chief,
sketch, 670.

Norbertines, 516 see Premonstratensian.
Norris, Lyman D., pupil U. of M. 1841, 530.
Northern railroad, owned by state, 147.
North Lansing, population 1847, 737.
Northrup, Enos, time trip from Ann Arbor
to Detroit, 594, 595.
Northwest, government organized, 443;
history foundation of, 130; part of U. S.
map illustration, 628.

Norton, Isaac, pioneer Howell, 194.
Norvell, John, attorney, 261.
Norwich, Mich., deserted village,

684;

mine early in Ontonagon county, 684.
Notipekago, former name Mason county,
467.

Notipekago river, 467 see Pere Marquette.
Nundnorgan, (Nindonogan) 471 see Onta-

work for society, 1, 4, 18, 48, 50; illness
deplored, 41; initial imperfectly given
J., 14; notes, 526, 527; report of National
His. Soc. cited, 14, 16; vote of thanks to
for midwinter success, 41.

Oceana county, organized and named, 456,
458.

Officers, first in Howell, 178; history of

methods needed, 151; Michigan Pioneer
& Historical Society elected, 4, 18, 48.
O'Flynn, -, Mrs., Grand Rapids, 102.
Ogden, John, postmaster Three Rivers, 427.
Ogemaw, Chippewa chief, 468.

Ogemaw county, origin of name, 468.
Ogemaw-ki-keto, (chief speaker) 468.
Ohio, boundary trouble with Michigan, 507,
625.

Ohio Company of Associates organization,
140, 141, 507.

Ohio Historical Society, exchange, 54.
Ohio lands, disposition of, 137; lands in
Canada, 136; lands taken from Michigan,
470.

Ojibwa, spoken by J. S. Hooker, 64.
Okemos, Chippewa chief nephew of Pontiac,

9.

Okemos, John, son of chief, 9.

Okkuddo, former name Otsego county, 469.
O'Leary, Dr., phrenologist, 315.
Oleson, Sigurd, Mrs., (Daisy A. Aplin) 678.
Olney, Horace, major, member society, 7.
O'Malley, Charles, "Irish Dragon," named
counties, 461.

Omeena county, name and meaning of
Grand Traverse, 465.

Onderdonk, B. T., Bishop, 699.

Ontonagon county, origin of name, 471.
Ord, James, pretended son of George IV,
694.

Ormsby, Caleb N., first doctor Adrian, 483;

promoted railroad, 493; sketch, 497.
Osborn, Chase S., gov. commends work of
historical society, 35; letter to J. D.
Clement, 35; letter to Mrs. Dingley read,
36; vetoed appropriation society, 42, 51.
Osborn, Martha, Mrs., teacher, 532.
Osborn, Parker, 281.

Osborn vs. Lindow, 451.

Osceola, Seminole Florida chief, 468; mean-
ing of name, 468, 469.

Osceola county, originally Unwattin mean-
ing of name, 468, 469.

Oscoda county, meaning of name, 469.
Osler, William, Dr., 693.

Oswald, Richard, British representative of
1782 treaty, 132, 133, 135-138; sketch,
133.

Oswegatchie, boat Capt. Rossman, 287.
Otis, George L., sketch, 524.

Otjen, Christian, debt to Aunt Emily
Ward, 588.

Otjen, Theobold, congressman Wis., debt
to Aunt Emily Ward, 588, 589.
Otsego county, formerly Okkuddo, meaning
of name, 469.

Ottawa county, election held at Grand
Rapids, 99.

Ottawa county, organized and named, 456,
458, 459.

Ottawa, Indian tribe, annihilate Mush co
desh, 319; county named for, 458, 459;

origin of name, 458, 459; war with Chip-
pewas, 318; trading post, 639.
Ottawawa, former name Lake Huron, 459.
Otter Creek, rivaled Monroe, 563.

O wash te nong see bee, Indian name for
Grand river, 60, 659.

Owen, -, Mr., 26.

Owen, Electra, (Mrs. E. P. Hastings) 645.
Owen, B. F., Mrs., (Abba) protege of Aunt
Emily, 586.

Owen, Örville, Dr., called Rosebud, De-
troit, 588.

Owen, T. C., Ypsilanti, 588.

Oughton, ship brought Baldoon settlers, 780.
Ounipigou, 440 see Winnebagos.
Oven, bake, presented society, 23.
Oxen, number used to plow, 424.

Pacific Coast History, exchange books, 54.
Paddock, Benjamin N., Right Rev., bishop
Massachusetts, 699.

Page,, Father pioneer North Lansing,
737.

Page, history Ottawa county quoted,
207, 208.

Page, Curtis, Tecumseh pioneer, 478.
Paine, John Howard, author, 244.
Palmer, Friend, 97; death reported, 8.
Palmer, George C., Dr., supt. Kalamazoo
Asylum, 729.

Palmer, T. R., A. M., prof. Kalamazoo In-
stitute, 532.

Palmer, Thomas W., U. S. senator, 28,
555; congratulations on 80th birthday,
12; reply, 15; furnished biography Rev.
Cooper, 4.

Pamphlet, "Founder of St. Louis," pre-
sented society, 24.

Panics, Michigan history needed on, 151.
Panther, encounter with, 674.

Papers, in volume thirty-eight, see table of

contents.

Papers, needed on Michigan subjects for
history, 150-152.

Paquin, L. P., Rev., Father Ludington,
515.

Paris, marked Franklin's home, 132, 133.
Park, John, pioneer Howell, 192.
Parke, Ezra Smith, M. D., 348.

Parke, Ezra Smith, Mrs., (Rhoda Sperry)
348.

Parke, Hervey Coke, jr., 348.

Parke, Hervey Coke, sr., sketch, 348.
Parke, Hervey Coke, Mrs., (Frances A.

Hunt) second wife, (Mary M. Mead) 348.
Parke, Ira Sperry, 348.
Parke, Lyman M., 348.
Parke, Marie Louise, 348.

Parke, Davis & Co., 348.

Parker, J. J. A., editor, 426.

Parker, L. B., Mrs., tribute to Aunt Emily
Ward, 589.

Parker, N. Augustus, death reported, 8.
Parker, William, defendant, 221, 260; suit
discontinued, 265.

Parkman, Francis, subject of Rev. Jenkin
Lloyd Jones' address, 6.

Parmelee, Abner C., Hastings pioneer, 646.
Parmelee, George E., pupil U. of M. 1841,
529.

Parties, political, amalgamation of, 271,
272; social change in entertainments,
309; description, 306-308.

Patchen, Frances L., (Mrs. H. H. Aplin)
678.

Patchen, Malcolm B., 678.

Patriot War, sketch of cited, 101.

Patten, A. J., Prof., gave vocal solo, 17.
Pattengill, Henry R., secretary society, 4,
12, 18, 48; address outlined, 13; reports,
6-11, 17, 21-24, 43, 50-54.

Patterson, David, 717.

Patterson, David, Mrs., (Harriet Waite)
717.

Patterson, Frank, Dr., 718.

Patterson, George Leo, Rev., 718.
Patterson, John C., judge, death reported,
22, 53; elected state senator, 717; Mar-
shall men and measures, 220-279; memoir,
43, 717, 718; presented books to museum,
9; secured Isaac E. Crary's portrait for
society, 718.

Patterson, John C., Mrs., (Minnie Ward)
717.

Patterson, Moses, colored auction bell-
ringer Marshall, 245.

Patterson, William, 717.

Pattinson, Richard, question of ownership
slaves, 127, 128.

Pattinson, Richard, Mrs., (Ellen Askin)
341.

Pawnett, Indian chief adopted Gabriel
Bissonette, 506.

Paw Paw, formerly Lafayette, 637.

Paw Paw, (paupau, pa paw, pa pa ya) tree,
485.

Pay, M. Agnes Burton for editorial work, 25;

collections of Mrs. Babbitt, 25; Mr. and
Mrs. Fox editorial work, 25; Mr. Greusel
editorial work, 25.

Payson, Rev., Dr., 182.

Paxson, Frederick L., Gateways of the old
Northwest, 139-148, 507.

Peace, celebration Detroit, 505; news how
brought to Detroit, 335.

Peach belt, location, 163.

Peach Orchard post, location, 663.
Peach trees, planted by Indians, 663.
Pearsall, Alanson, death reported, 8.

Peck, George W., bought Gov's. chairs for
Masons, 322, 323; sketch, 324.

Peck, H. B., Mrs., chairman D. A. R. com-
mittee, 36.

Peck, J. M., 463.

Pecnagut de, Jeanne, (Mrs. Jean Laumet)
mother of Cadillac, 110.